NEW YORK, Aug 16 (Reuters) -
* The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX .GSPTSE rose 77.15 points, or 0.48 percent, to 16,225.65.
* Leading the index were West Fraser Timber Co Ltd WFT.TO , up 7.4 percent, Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp LIF.TO , up 5.4 percent, and Interfor Corp IFP.TO , higher by 5.2 percent.
* Lagging shares were NovaGold Resources Inc NG.TO , down 12.7 percent, Endeavour Mining Corp EDV.TO , down 5.3 percent, and Great Canadian Gaming Corp GC.TO , lower by 5.2 percent.
* On the TSX 143 issues advanced and 97 declined as a 1.5-to-1 ratio favored advancers. There were 11 new highs and 13 new lows, with total volume of 198.9 million shares.
* The most heavily traded shares by volume were Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB.TO , Canopy Growth Corp WEED.TO and Meg Energy Corp MEG.TO .
* The TSX's energy group .SPTTEN rose 0.97 points, or 0.50 percent, while the financials sector .SPTTFS climbed 1.91 points, or 0.62 percent.
* West Texas Intermediate crude futures CLc1 rose 0.74 percent, or $0.48, to $65.49 a barrel. Brent crude LCOc1 rose 0.85 percent, or $0.6, to $71.36 O/R
* The TSX is up 0.1 percent for the year.